JUSTICE.
i. 249.

Nondum justitiam facinus mortale fugârat :
Ultima de superis illa reliquit humum.
For Justice, which from heaven derived her birth,
Had not forsook the unpolluted earth.

ASTRONOMERS.

i. 298.

Felices animos, quibus hæc cognoscere primis,
Inque domos superas scandere cura fuit!
Credibile est illos pariter vitiisque locisque
Altius humanis exseruisse caput.
Non Venus et vinum sublimia pectora fregit,
Officiumve fori, militiæve labor;

Nec levis ambitio, perfusaque gloria fuco,
Magnarumve fames solicitavit opum.
Admovere oculis distantia sidera nostris;
Ætheraque ingenio supposuere suo.
Sic petitur cælum.

Happy the men! who made the first essay,
And to celestial regions found the way;
No earthly vices clogg'd their purer souls,

That they could soar so high to touch the poles;
Sublime their thoughts and from pollution clear
Bacchus and Venus held no revels there,

From vain ambition free; no love of war

Possess'd their minds, nor wranglings at the bar;
No glaring grandeur captivates their eyes,

For such see greater glory in the skies.
Thus these to heaven attain.

CONSCIENCE.

Fast. i. 485.

Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra
Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.

From guilt, in all misfortunes to be free,
Is what a prudent man would wish to be;
Guilt causes fear; but the upright in heart
Feels secret pleasure, where the wicked smart.

THE BRAVE MAN.

Fast. i. 493.

Omne solum forti patria est; ut piscibus æquor:

Ut volucri, vacuo quicquid in orbe patet. Nec fera tempestas toto tamen horret in anno : Et tibi, crede mihi, tempora veris erunt. Through whatsoever regions he may roam, The brave advent'rer thinks himself at home; A cit'zen of the world he ranges free, As birds possess the air and fish the sea; Nor does tempestuous weather always last,A calm succeeds, when that the storm is past; Though now, my son, the winter presses hard, A summer comes, that will thy toils reward.

РЕАСЕ.

Fast. i. 701.

Religata catenis

Jampridem nostro sub pede bella jacent. Sub juga bos veniat; sub terras semen aratas. Pax Cererem nutrit: pacis alumna Ceres.

War's now confined in adamantine chains,
And Peace throughout the world triumphant reigns;
Our oxen now again may plough the land,
And Peace and Plenty shall go hand in hand.

ATONEMENT.

Fast. ii. 45.

Ah nimium faciles, qui tristia crimina cædis
Flumineâ tolli posse putetis aquâ !

Weak men! to think that water can make clean
A bloody crime or any sinful stain.

THE PIOUS.

Fast. ii. 117.

Dii pia facta vident.

To gracious Heaven let innocency trust,
The gods reward the pious and the just.

BLIND TO MISFORTUNES.

Fast. ii. 789.

Quantum animis erroris inest!

What ignorance attends the human mind!
How oft we are to our misfortunes blind!

FALSE REPORTS.

Fast. iv. 311.

Conscia mens recti famæ mendacia risit:
Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus.

Too readily, 'tis true, most lend an ear
To false reports, injurious to the fair;
But she that's of a chaste and honest mind,
May give ill-grounded censure to the wind."

MAY UNLUCKY FOR MARRIAGE.
Fast. v. 489.

Hâc quoque de causâ, si te proverbia tangunt,
Mense malas Maio nubere vulgus ait.

And let me here remark, the vulgar say,
Unlucky are the wives that wed in May.

INSPIRATION.

Fast. vi. 5.

Est deus in nobis: agitante calescimus illo.
Impetus hic sacræ semina mentis habet.
In us a god resides; he warms our breasts,
And in our souls his sacred influence rests.

THE DUTIES OF A JUDGE.

Trist. i. 1. 37.

Judicis officium est, ut res, ita tempora rerum Quærere.

Yet every judge the time and matter weighs.

Gods.

Trist. i. 2. 97.

Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt. The deeds of men are never concealed from the gods.

FALSE FRIENDS.

Trist. i. 4. 25.

Scilicet ut fulvum spectatur in ignibus aurum,
Tempore sic duro est inspicienda fides.
Dum juvat, et vultu ridet fortuna sereno,
Indelibatas cuncta sequuntur opes.

R

At simul intonuit, fugiunt ; nec noscitur ulli,
Agminibus comitum qui modo cinctus erat.
For as the fire the yellow gold doth try,
So love is proved by adversity.

While fortune helps us and on us doth smile,
They will attend upon our wealth that while;
But if she frown, they fly and scarce of any
Shall he be known, that had of friends so many.

PROSPERITY.

Trist. i. 8. 5.

Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos:
Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.
Aspicis ut veniant ad candida tecta columbæ ;
Accipiat nullas sordida turris aves.

Horrea formica tendunt ad inania nunquam :
Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.
Utque comes radios per solis euntibus umbra,
Cum latet hic pressus nubibus, illa fugit;
Mobile sic sequitur fortunæ lumina vulgus :
Quæ simul inductâ nube teguntur, abit.
While thou art fortunate thou shalt have friends,
But in adversity their friendship ends.
Thou see'st how doves to new-built houses come,
While as the ruin'd tower all birds do shun.

The empty barn no vermin ever haunt,

And no friend comes to him that is in want.
While the sun shines, our shadow then will stay,
But when o'ercast, it vanishes away.

So do the people follow fortune's light,
Which clouded once, they vanish out of sight.

SINNERS.

Trist. ii. 33.

Si, quoties homines peccant, sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter; exiguo tempore inermis erit.

Jove would be soon disarm'd, if he should send
His thunderbolts as oft as men offend.

ADVERSITY.

Trist. ii. 83.

Cum cœpit quassata domus subsidere, partes In proclinatas omne recumbit onus;

Cunctaque fortunâ rimam faciente dehiscunt.
Ipsa suo quondam pondere tecta ruunt.

As in some falling house the heavy weight,
The first declining posts oppresses straight,
So when that fortune an estate doth rend,
All things by their own weight to ruin tend.
GOD.

Trist. ii. 216.

Non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi. Jupiter has no time to attend to unimportant matters. THE ADVANTAGEOUS MAY ALSO BE INJURIOUS. Trist. ii. 266.

Nil prodest, quod non lædere possit idem. There is nothing advantageous which may not also be injurious.

THE BAD.
Trist. ii. 301.

Omnia perversas possunt corrumpere mentes.
All things can lead astray those ill-inclined.

A MAN'S OWN FORTUNE.

Trist. iii. 4. 26.

Crede mihi; bene qui latuit, bene vixit: et intra Fortunam quisque debet manere suam.

Vive sine invidiâ, mollesque inglorius annos
Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares.

Live thou unenvied, honour crown thy end,
For thou art worthy of a noble friend.

THE NOBLE-MINDED.

Trist. iii. 5. 31.

Quo quis enim major, magis est placabilis iræ ;
Et faciles motus mens generosa capit.
Corpora magnanimo satis est prostrâsse leoni :
Pugna suum finem, cum jacet hostis, habet.